Proposing Gesang as National Hero – Contoh Hortatory Exposition Text

English Admin – As title said this is an example of hortatory exposition. The text is persuading readers that proposing Gesang as a national hero is absolutely important. What is hortatory text? How can we identify a text is an exposition or not? That is our main topic lesson today

Learning English text about hortatory exposition today is about Proposing Gesang as National Hero. The topic of  Gesang Should hold a National Hero Status is good as another example of hortatory texts which exposes arguments and persuades the readers.

Read the text bellow! You will understand that hortatory is different from analytical exposition, explanation, and narrative text.
Proposing Gesang as National Hero.
“Those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it” and “A great nation is one which fully appreciates its heroes.” say popular English aphorism and national adage. Then, proposing an important person who has taken a role in our nation history is important. I think Gesang should be a national hero.
Who have never heard Bengawan Solo song? I doubt it if there is. This keroncong song has been a part of national voices. Gesang is a senior composer whose songs gained fame all the way to Japan. He has received a number of awards in art and everyone will admit that his art talent was dedicated to this nation.
Government has declared the other great composer; WR. Suratman and Ismail Marzuki as national Heroes. Gesang might not be compared to others, but in my opinion, Gesang is as great as them. All of them are maestros. Due to his keroncong music maestro, Gesang has taken a role in building our national identity.
It is obvious that government should name Gesang National Hero. We should not delay and wait for, in case, our neighbor countries or other international communities go a head to recognize him and grant an award for what he deserves.
Note: This example of hortatory text about nominating Gesang as a national hero is adapted and arranged from http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/05/21/minister-supports-gesang039s-national-hero-nomination.html

Note on Generic Structure of Hortatory Exposition Text about Proposing Gesang as National Hero
As stated in the definition of hortatory exposition text, this text is organized through the elements as below:

1. Thesis of the text

I think Gesang should be a national hero

1. Arguments of the thesis

Gesang is a senior composer

Government has declared the other great composer

1. Recommendation

government should name Gesang National Hero
That is all about an example of hortatory exposition text. Most writer use this kind of text to write advertisement, speech, campaign, and other convicted written texts. Happy learning English!

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